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Süleyman Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Süleyman Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1878/79 (AH 1296); the father's occupation was "Vize Cami-i Şerifi imamı ve ibtidai mektebi muallimi". At about 14, in 1892/93, Süleyman began work in Shkodër. The first annual entry, for 1892/93, places Süleyman in Shkodër, the birthplace, as Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1897/98. For 1898 to 1903 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Istanbul from 1903 to 1906.

Pay rose from 10 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to a peak of 130 in 1905/06, in Istanbul, when one in ten paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 2,880 kuruş, 19 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1903/0412ShkodërIstanbul
  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296); First work 1892/93 (AH 1310); 1892 to 1898 (AH 1310 to 1315)

    Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 6 years

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323)

    No annual entry for 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320) before it.

    Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

    0 to 130 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323130 kuruşVilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1020501002005001,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Süleyman Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/04104055500%
1904/051004005504%
1905/0613043060010%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Süleyman Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1892 to 1898AH 1310 to 1315Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
Shkodër (İşkodra)
No annual entry: 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320)
1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1903/040
1903/0410
1904/0510
1904/0540
1904/05100
1905/06100
1905/06130
Istanbul (Dersaadet)0 to 130

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Father's occupation
Vize Cami-i Şerifi imamı ve ibtidai mektebi muallimi

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 70 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, Süleyman Efendi had the 61st highest salary.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Efendi had the 171st highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Efendi had the 135th highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1893/94AH 1311Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1894/95AH 1312Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1895/96AH 1313Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1896/97AH 1314Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1897/98AH 1315Vilayet mektubi kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)Shkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1903/04AH 1321Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1903/04AH 1321Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1904/05AH 1322Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1904/05AH 1322Emtia-i Dahiliye Gümrük Muhasebe Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1904/05AH 1322Gümrük Eşya-yı Ayniyye memuru refakatiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1905/06AH 1323Gümrük Eşya-yı Ayniyye memuru refakatiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
1905/06AH 1323Tezkere muharriri ve jurnal memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79; 397 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 189/79, s. 79.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Süleyman Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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